Supporter



SUPPOHTER.

HLED AuG.12,192o.

Patented ifeb. e, i923.

NrrED 1,444,681 PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID GOTTLIEB, OF NEW YORK, AND LEO B. SIEGEL, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK;

SAID SIEGEL ASSIGNOR T0 SAID GOTTLIEB.

SUPPORTER.

Application led August 12, 1920. Serial No. 402,968.

To all f1 n z om. it may concern:

Be it known that we, DAvin Go'r'rLIEn and Luo li. Smear., citizens of the United States, and residents of New York city, borough of Manhattan and borough of Brooklyn, respectively, in the county of New York and county of Kings, respectively, and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Supporter, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

In connection with the use of soft collars, it is a well appreciated fact that great difficulty hasY been experienced in that, primarily, after the collar has been in an applied position for a certain length of time, the same has become wrinkled so as to present an extremely unsightly appearance.

A further defect experienced in collars of this class has been that the tie associated with the same has ofttimes moved, so that the neatness of appearance of the wearer has been spoiled.

This latter difficulty is to be attributed to the fact, that the edge of a soft collar contrary to the end of the tie opening of a stift' collar, presents no restraining action against movement on the part of the tie, so that a movement of the parts incident to the ordinary motions of the wearer, is liable to result in the tie becoming displaced. l

Having these defects in mind, we have now constructed a supporter by means of which the body of the collar will be at all times held in its normal, i. e., straight position, so that a neat appearance will be presented.

A further object of our invention is the construction of a supporter adapted to engage the body of a tie by the collar and to thus hold the tiev in its proper position with respect to the collar.

Reference is to be had to the attached sheet of drawings as illustrating one practical embodiment of our invention.

Figure 1 is a perspective View of one conventional type ofsoft collar with our invention applied thereto.

Figure 2 is an enlarged sectional side view taken on the lines 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a rear view of the supporter.

Figure 4 is a side view thereof, and

Figure 5 is an end view of the supporter.

In these views the reference numeral 10 indicates a soft collar of any desirable type, which has associated with it in the usual manner a tie 11 also of any desirable construction, which latter encircles the collar band of the collar 10 and protrudes in the form of any conventional type of knot from the'forward opening of the same.

Our improved type of supporter now includes a. strip of metal which is bent, as has been clearly indicated in Figures 4 and 5, so as to present a U-shaped body, one arm 12 0f which is conveniently shorter than the second arm 13, the shorter arm being adapted to lie adjacent to the neck band of the collar while the longer arm engages the body of said collar in a'manner hereinafter brought out.

It is now to be noted that for the purpose of securing rigidity on the'part of the supporter one of the arms of the same may conveniently'be provided -with integral reinforcing ribs 14. It will also be noted that the outer end of the longer arm 13 preferably terminates in a pair of prongs 15 extending at an angle to the body of the supporter.

In practice the supporter occupies the position as shown in Figures 1 and 2 in which the tie 11 rests in a position between the arms 12 and 13, the latter arm lying against the outer face of the tie and inner face of the collar 10.

The springs 15 are caused to engage the inner` face or lining of the collar 10 so as to prevent anyimovement of the parts and it will readily be understod that by virtue of the fact that the upper portion of the supporter lies against the uppermost portion of the inner face of the collar 10, its outer end extending to a point adjacent the lower edge of the collar, that the same will be held taut, thus preventing wrinkles and a consequential untidy appearance.

Obviously, numerous modifications of structure might readily be resorted to without in the least departing from the scope of our claims, which are:

1. A supporter including a U shaped body portion, one of said legs being shorter than the other, and inwardly extending prongs forming a continuation of the longer leg and being adapted for detachable engagement with the inner face of a conventional collar.

2. A supporter for collars including a U shaped body having one leg extending beyond the end 0f the other, stif'ening ridges 'forming a part of said longer leg, and

5 prongs associated with one of said legs.

3. A supporter for collars including a strip of metal bent to provide a, U shaped body presenting a longer and shorter leg, ridges reinforcing the longer leg, and inwardly extending prongs adjacent-the end 10 of Said longer leg.

DAVID GOTTLIEB. LEU B. SIEGEL. 

